Star Parties

Club News and Notes

Pleasanton Ridge Park School Star Party, Pleasanton
May 5
Point of contact: Phil Waide,
  waide1@llnl.gov

LARPD Summer Star Parties,
Sycamore Grove, Livermore

June 10, July 8, both at 8:30 p.m.
August 5,  8 p.m.
September 9, 7:30 p.m.

Hidden Hill Observatory Open House,
TVS Dark Sky Site
June 24 and September 23, times TBA

White Mountain Star Party

June 29 to July 4
June 29 will be spent at Grandview Camp Ground to acclimate to altitude.
Point of contact: Dave Rodrigues


FPOA/AANC Star-B-Que, Fremont Peak

July 29, details in a future edition.

Glacier Point Star Party, Yosemite

September 1 to 3
Point of contact: Phil Waide

Key change slightly delayed

   Expect plans for the key change and lock upgrade at Hidden Hill Observatory to be announced in the May
Prime Focus edition. Members will have at least 90 days during which to exchange their current keys. All paid key deposits will roll over with the new system. (Key deposits are collateralized by a club certificate of deposit.)

Sunol star party a success

   TVS congratulates Mike Rushford and Phil Waide on their success in organizing an impromptu star party.  On March 16, they hosted the Sunol Glen School GATE class in a evening of stargazing. Kids and parents alike sent their thanks to the club. Way to go, Mike and Phil!

Counting our cash

   
At the March 20 planning meeting, treasurer Mike Anderson reported our financial standing as follows.
  Checking   $3,575.58
  CD #1        $3,561.03 matures 5/17/00
  CD #2        $2,748.27 matures 4/6/00
  CD #3        $2,199.74 matures 5/27/00
Certificate of deposit #2 holds the club's observatory key deposits against claim by members who surrender keys.

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President
Dave Anderson
510/ 661-4249

Vice-President
Frank Rogue

Secretary
Marilyn
   Halberg

Treasurer
Mike Anderson

Directors

Alane Alchorn
Dennis Beckley
Jim Brown
Jon Clark
Rich Combs
Debbie Dyke
Gert Gottschalk
Chuck Grant
Kathleen Kelley
Russ Kirk
Signe McIntire
Dave Rodrigues
Debbie Scherrer
Mike Rushford
Al Stern
Norm Thomas
Phil Waide

Observatory
Director

Chuck Grant
grant@
hooked.net


Editor

Alane Alchorn
925/ 455-9464
Fax: 925/
455-9466
circlewing@
aol.com

Librarian
Jim Alves

Eyes on the
Skies

Mike Rushford
http://www.
hooked.net/
~tvs/eyes/

Website
http://www.
trivalleystargazers.org

Meeting
Location

Unitarian
Universalist
Church in
Livermore
1893 N. Vasco Rd.
3/4 mile north
of I-580


E-mail
tvs@hooked.net

Tri-Valley
Stargazers

P.O. Box 2476
Livermore,
CA 94551

Membership: 211

Tri Valley Stargazers thanks Xerox Corporation for its continuing support of amateur astronomy in the public interest. Prime Focus editions are printed courtesy of Xerox Corporation and Mike Spreitzer.

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